I think if you take into consideration that Baron's dunk was in a playoff series, which is rare for a warriors fan, the decision is easy. I'll give Barnes some credit though, that dunk yesterday brought me and my friend out of our seats and we weren't even at the arena.

I think the Webb Gem is last for a few reasons. 1, Webber's defender was smaller than him. 2, the jam would have been forgotten had it not been on Barkley: Webber barely grabbed rim and put very little flavor on it. And lastly, it was a fast break slam: way less likely to be successfully defended because the opposing player was running in transition. Kudos for the wrap-around move, though.

After that, it gets hairy.

Baron Davis' dunk was definitely in a more exciting game, so the reaction was much crazier. And out of the 3 victims, not only is Kirilenko the best shot-blocker, but he had the biggest size advantage on his dunker as well. However, in my humble opinion, BD easily got away with a push-off... and even then, he had the ball protected by shifting his body sideways. Now, I'm splitting hairs for the sake of proving a point, Davis' dunk was nasty, I'm not denying that.

What I am saying is this: Barnes' dunk was Jordan-like.

Powerful gather. Scissor-kick on contact. Untouchable apex. Booming midair collision. Hard, heavy rim-grab. And a nasty, North Carolina stare down after the poster. If I saw both dunks performed in a gym in similar environments by similar players, I'd say the Barnes blaster was the nastier dunk. Just me though.

Somehow it left the biggest impression on me. Webber's was damn good, but not that forceful, to make a statement. Baron's looks amazing, but at the same time it's like he somehow managed to avoid AK, because of that body adjustment he made. And Barnes' was just plain perfect. There was body control, dunking over the bigger dude, strength, force, stare down...and, to me, most important thing, no twists, just straight forward dunk, no matter who's in front of you.

I'm going with Baron Davis'. Even though they lost the series, it was still a big game. Baron is 6'3 while Kirilenko is 6'9 and AK47 was/is a great defender and shot blocker. I would then say that Webber's dunk was #2. The fact that he was a rookie and he dunked it on an iconic player. Sure, Barnes is a rookie as well, but Peko-who? All are great dunks though but I would put Monta's dunk on Barbosa ahead of Barnes.

The Barnes dunk, reason, this kid is just drooling with potential, and the dunk puts away any type of question about his hops. I think this will be a theme, if he is aggressive enough he is capable of throwing down on folks or just the rim on monthly basis.

BayAreaHoopz wrote:I'm going with Baron Davis'. Even though they lost the series, it was still a big game. Baron is 6'3 while Kirilenko is 6'9 and AK47 was/is a great defender and shot blocker. I would then say that Webber's dunk was #2. The fact that he was a rookie and he dunked it on an iconic player. Sure, Barnes is a rookie as well, but Peko-who? All are great dunks though but I would put Monta's dunk on Barbosa ahead of Barnes.

I dunno, bro... Monta flattened Barbosa, but honestly: I think a sheet of wax paper could defend a rim better than Leandro Barbosa. Plus - as with Webber's dunk - Ellis is more explosive that Barbosa, so in essence he's supposed to be able to jam it on him. Again, like I said with the Baron jam, I'm splitting hairs to examine a deeper issue: Ellis' sky over LB is definitely a top Warrior dunk and I'm not trying to take anything away from it. But I would never set it above the 3 in the poll.

Harrison Barnes takes off as far out as Ellis does... But he runs into a 291 pounder. I hope we're all understanding the gravity of that measurement: Pekovic is 30 pounds heavier than Andrew Bogut and Barnes hit him like a truck going through a deer. "Peko-who" is one thing... But slamming it through a guy whose approximately 38.5% bigger than you in sheer mass is insanely impressive. The weight differential is off the charts. We're talking Jordan on Ewing type stuff here.